Elephants retreated further, bunched together and vocalised more in response to bee sounds than to controls. Bull elephants retreated even further than female groups suggesting that beehive fences may well be behaviourally appropriate to trial to reduce conflict between farmers and Asian elephants.

According to Dr. King, “Asia has even higher levels of human-elephant conflict than Africa does and Asian elephants are approximately 10 times more endangered than African elephants…”. The team now hopes that beehive deterrents, which have proven successful in warding off African elephants from rural farm lands, can be applied to prevent Asian elephant populations from raiding crops. Read more https://goo.gl/ijgLVg.